Author(s)

Rui Zhai, Panyan Shen, Yujia Lei

Corresponding Author

Rui Zhai

Abstract

The paper explores the relationship between occupation efficiency and well-being and the mediating effect of job burnout. A total of 507 college teachers were investigated by Maslach Burnout Invertory (MBI), Occupation Efficacy Questionnaire and General well-being Scale (GWBS). And results are as follows: (1)Every factor's scores of occupation efficacy was higher than the theoretical average(Ps<0.001), teaching prestige has the highest score followed by teaching ability and knowledge quality, research quality, and stable self-esteem. (2) 82.05% of the college teachers have job burnout, and every factor's scores of job burnout was higher than the theoretical average (Ps<0.001). (3) Job burnout was negatively correlated with occupation efficiency and well-being (Ps<0.001), and occupation efficiency was significantly positively correlated with well-being (p<0.001). (4) The mediatory effect of job burnout between occupation efficiency and well-being was significant and proportion of mediatory effect in total effect was 53.99%. As a result, for college teachers, occupation efficiency was high and job burnout was serious. Job burnout partially mediated the relationship between occupation efficiency and well-being.

Keywords

College teachers; Job burnout; Occupation efficiency; Well-being; Mediating effect